Tag: LHA rates

LHA freeze leaves one million renters facing growing rent shortfall

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th September 2026, 1 week ago | 3

More than one million low-income renters face crisis as the gap between rents and benefit support is set to hit...

Temporary accommodation costs soar as councils spend billions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th September 2026, 1 week ago | 1

Councils across England are spending £2.9 billion on temporary accommodation as homelessness costs rise. Data released by the government reveals...

NRLA calls for tax reforms as landlords face rising costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th September 2026, 2 weeks ago | 6

A landlord association has urged the Chancellor to support landlords for the upcoming Autumn Budget. The National Residential Landlords Association...

Landlords face widening Local Housing Allowance gap

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th August 2026, 1 month ago | 0

Landlords face a greater risk of arrears and failed tenancies when housing support leaves benefit-receiving tenants unable to meet the...

Government urged to boost social homes and restore LHA rates

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th July 2026, 2 months ago | 5

A think tank is urging the government to ringfence its £39 billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme (SAHP) for social...

Charity warns over increased reliance on guarantors under reforms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th June 2026, 4 months ago | 19

A charity has warned that guarantors could become a default requirement for low-income tenants following the ban on rent in...

Older renters hit by rising rents as charity calls for LHA freeze to be lifted

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th May 2026, 4 months ago | 1

A charity is urging the government to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates, warning that housing costs have become increasingly...

Thousands of older private renters in poverty due to LHA shortfall

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd April 2026, 5 months ago | 3

More than 30,000 older private renters would be pulled out of poverty if Local Housing Allowance (LHA) matched actual rents,...

Government claim LHA rates will remain under review despite freeze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th December 2025, 9 months ago | 3

The government claim it will keep Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates under review. In answer to a written question, Homelessness...

Only 1% of London rental homes affordable under LHA rates

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd October 2025, 11 months ago | 1

Average rents continue to outpace Local Housing Allowance rates (LHA), pushing families into homelessness, according to a new report. Data...

Charity calls for government to reverse freeze on Local Housing Allowance

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th August 2025, 1 year ago | 2

A charity has urged the government to reverse the freeze on the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) to support low-income renters....

Propertymark urges Welsh government to raise LHA rates to address housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th November 2024, 2 years ago | 1

An industry body is urging the Welsh government to raise Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates. Propertymark is calling on the...

LHA is ‘not enough’ to pay rocketing rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th June 2023, 3 years ago | 9

Low-income renters in England who rely on benefits are finding it increasingly difficult to secure housing due to skyrocketing private...

Inadequate benefits ‘excluding people from the housing market’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th May 2023, 3 years ago | 2

A leading industry body has urged the UK government to improve access to housing for people in receipt of benefits...